S02E05

The Ghost of Harrenhal

Full screenplay script transcript for Game of Thrones S02E05: The Ghost of Harrenhal

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Scene 1

Opening Scene

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The camp is alive with activity, in spite of the late hour. Soldiers move in every direction.
Scene 2

Int. Renly's Tent

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KING RENLY BARATHEON and LADY CATELYN STARK are seated across from one another while LADY BRIENNE OF TARTH stands at guard.
Renly
You swear it?
Catelyn
By the mother. My son has no interest in the Iron Throne.
RENLY takes a long sip of wine.
Renly
Then I see no reason for hostility between us. Your son can go on calling himself King in the North. The Starks will have dominion over all lands north of Moat Cailin, provided he swears me an oath of fealty.
Catelyn
And the wording of this oath?
Renly
The same Ned Stark swore to Robert eighteen years ago. Cat, their friendship held the kingdoms together.
CATELYN considers these terms.
Catelyn
And in return for my son's loyalty?
Renly
In the morning, I'll destroy my brother's army.
RENLY stands.
Renly
When that's done, Baratheon and Stark will fight their common enemy together, as they have done many times before.
RENLY walks across the tent. BRIENNE removes his cloak.
Catelyn
Our two houses have always been close, which is why I am begging you to reconsider this battle. Negotiate a peace with your brother.
Renly
Negotiate with Stannis? You heard him out there. I'd have better luck debating the wind.
BRIENNE continues to remove RENLY's armor.
Renly
Please bring my terms to your son. I believe we are natural allies. I hope he feels the same. Together we could end this war in a fortnight.
The wind howls, and a dark cloud of mist races into the tent. CATELYN watches it cross the floor. BRIENNE gasps as a dark spirit takes form from the mist, rising up behind RENLY. The dark spirit stabs RENLY in the back, through the heart. RENLY gasps and the spirit hisses.
Brienne
No! No.
The dark spirit dissipates into a wind as RENLY starts to collaps. BRIENNE lunges forward to catch him and lowers him gently to the ground. Two soldiers leap into the room and draw their swords, believing BRIENNE to have assassinated their king.
Soldier #1
Follow me!
Soldier #2
(to BRIENNE) You'll die for this.
Catelyn
No, wait, it wasn't her!
The soldiers rush past CATELYN to engage with BRIENNE, who meets them in battle. She quickly dispatches one of the soldiers. The second soldiers falls soon after, with BRIENNE plunging her sword down his spine. CATELYN stares while BRIENNE looks upon RENLY's corpse. She staggers and falls to her knees, sobbing over his lifeless body. CATELYN comes beside her to comfort her.
Catelyn
We've got to leave. They'll hang you for this.
Man #1
Inside the king's tent - go
Man #2
Now.
Brienne
I won't leave him.
Catelyn
You can't avenge him if you're dead.
Man
Over there, go!
BRIENNE gets up to leave. CATELYN tries to pull her to the front door. BRIENNE resists.
Brienne
Not that way.
BRIENNE exits past a tapestry. CATELYN follows.
Scene 3

Ext: The Stormlands Shore

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KING STANNIS BARATHEON's boats sit off the coast. LORD PETYR "LITTLEFINGER" BAELISH takes them in, then walks towards the camp as soldiers rush by in disorder.
Scene 4

Int. Renly's Tent

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SER LORAS TYRELL mournfully kneels beside RENLY's body. LADY MARGAERY TYRELL paces in the background.
Margaery
We need to go home. Loras.
LITTLEFINGER enters the tent, just short of a panic.
Littlefinger
My lord, my lady.
Loras
Get out.
Littlefinger
Stannis will be here in an hour. When he arrives, Renly's bannermen will flock to him. Your former companions will fight for the privilege of selling you to their new king.
Loras
And you want that privilege for yourself.
Littlefinger
You will note that I am standing here talking to you, not Stannis.
Margaery
There's no time for this.
Loras
Ride back to Highgarden, sister. I'm not running from Stannis.
Margaery
Brienne of Tarth murdered Renly.
Loras
I don't believe that. You don't believe that. Who gained the most from our king's death?
Littlefinger
Stannis.
Loras
I will put a sword through his righteous face.
Margaery
You can't stay here.
Loras
He would have been a true king, a good king.
Littlefinger
Tell me, Ser Loras, what do you desire most in this world?
Loras
Revenge.
Littlefinger
I have always found that to be the purest of motivations, but you won't have a chance to put your sword through Stannis, not today. You'll be cut to pieces before he sets foot on solid ground. If it is justice that you want, be smart about it.
Margaery
You can't avenge him from the grave. Bring the horses. Please.
MARGAERY moves to LORAS's side and caresses his hair. LORAS stands with a grimace. He picks up his sword and leaves. MARGAERY looks upon RENLY's corpse.
Margaery
He was very handsome.
Littlefinger
He was, Your Grace.
Margaery
"Your Grace." Calling yourself king doesn't make you one. And if Renly wasn't a king, I wasn't a queen.
Littlefinger
Do you want to be a queen?
Margaery
No. I want to be the queen.
MARGAERY turns and faces LITTLEFINGER, resolute.
Scene 5

Ext. King's Landing

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Three noble girls play blind man's bluff in a garden while a septa stands by. QUEEN CERSEI LANNISTER watches from a window above
Scene 6

Int. Tyrion's Chambers

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Cersei
Killed? By whom?
Tyrion
Accounts differ. Most seem to implicate Catelyn Stark in some way.
LORD TYRION LANNISTER picks up a goblet.
Cersei
Really? Who'd have thought?
Tyrion
Some say it was one of his own Kingsguard, while still others say it was Stannis himself who did it after negotiations went sour.
TYRION pours himself some wine.
Cersei
Whomever did it, I say well done.
Tyrion
It's not what Varys says. He says Renly's army is flocking to support Stannis, which would give Stannis superiority over us on both land and sea.
CERSEI finishes pouring her own wine.
Cersei
Littlefinger says we can outspend him three to one.
Tyrion
And I say Father raised you to have too much respect for money. Stannis Baratheon is coming for us, sooner rather than later.
Cersei
Aren't there other things you should be doing, like sealing my daughter in a crate so you can ship her away?
Tyrion
She'll be safer in Dorne.
Cersei
Yes, I know how concerned you are for her safety.
Tyrion
It so happens that I am. Myrcella is a sweet, innocent girl and I don't blame her at all for you.
Cersei
So clever. Aren't you always so clever with your schemes and your plots?
CERSEI walks past TYRION and sits.
Tyrion
Schemes and plots are the same thing. They are going to attack us. We need to be ready.
Cersei
No need to concern yourself over it. The king is taking personal charge of siege preparations.
Tyrion
May I ask specifically what the king has in mind?
Cersei
You may, specifically, or you may ask vaguely. The answer will be the same.
Tyrion
It's important that we talk about this.
Cersei
It's the king's royal prerogative to withhold sensitive information from his councilors.
TYRION exits in frustration, while CERSEI takes a sip, enjoying the upper hand.
Scene 7

Ext. the Streets of King's Landing

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BRONN stands waiting among the bustling cityfolk next to a small tent, where TYRION and SER LANCEL LANNISTER meet in secret.
Lancel
It's wildfire.
Tyrion
Wildfire? You wouldn't lie to me, would you, cousin?
Lancel
No.
Tyrion
MThat's a lie right there.
Lancel
It is not a lie. Why would I lie?
Tyrion
Tell me, if the vile allegations against my brother and sister are true, do you think it will make Jaime more likely to kill you or less likely? When I tell him you're fucking her, I mean.
Lancel
I'm telling you the truth.
Tyrion
The smart money would be on more likely.
Lancel
She's making wildfire.
Tyrion
But then perhaps his own unnatural urges will give him sympathy for yours.
Lancel
The Alchemists' Guild is being commissioned.
Tyrion
I suppose there's only one way to find out.
Lancel
They have thousands of pots already stored in their vaults. They are planning to launch it from the city walls into Stannis' ships and armies. Please.
Tyrion
When did she tell you this?
Lancel
I heard her talking with the pyromancer. And the other night, after I left her, she went to meet him. I swear to you.
Tyrion
Swear to me on what?
Lancel
On my life.
Tyrion
But I don't care about your life.
Lancel
In the light of the Seven, by all that is holy and right, I, Lancel Lannister, do solemnly vow...
Tyrion
All right, all right. Enough. Even torturing you is boring. Just get out.
TYRION pushes LANCEL out of the small tent. LANCEL falls to the ground, grunting.
Tyrion
Oh, Lancel, tell my friend Bronn to please kill you if anything should happen to me.
Lancel
Please kill me if anything should happen to Lord Tyrion.
Bronn
It will be my pleasure.
LANCEL runs off down the streets. BRONN smiles.
Scene 8

Cut To: Stormlands, Renly's Camp

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STANNIS's forces have landed at RENLY's camp. SER DAVOS SEAWORTH meets STANNIS as he enters the main courtyard, and they move through the compound at rapid pace.
Davos
Your Grace.
Stannis
What is it?
Davos
I'm sorry about your brother, Your Grace, I wanted to let you know that people grieve for him.
Stannis
Fools love a fool. I grieve for him as well, for the boy he was, not the man he grew to be.
Davos
I need to speak to you - about what I saw in that cave.
Stannis
I thought I made it clear to you there'd be no need to speak to me on this matter.
Davos
Your Grace, I-
Stannis
I've never known you to need to hear a thing twice.
They reach RENLY's tent.
Davos
And I've never known you to hide from the truth.
Stannis
You've come to lecture me on truth?
Davos
I've come to tell you that what I saw.
Stannis
All my brother's bannermen have come to my side. Except the Tyrells, who fled like cowards. They won't be able to resist us now. Soon I shall be sitting on the Iron Throne.
Davos
Nothing is worth what this will cost you, not even the Iron
Stannis
I'll hear no more about it.
STANNIS stands over the war map.
Man
Take a company of men, secure the perimeter.
Davos
When do we sail for King's Landing?
Stannis
As soon as I've consolidated my troops. We'll make short work of the Lannisters' fleet. Once Blackwater Bay is cleared, we'll deliver our troops to their doorstep and take the city.
Davos
And will you bring Lady Melisandre with you?
Stannis
That's not your concern.
Davos
If you take King's Landing with her by your side, the victory will be hers.
Stannis
I never thought I'd have reason to doubt your loyalty. Was I wrong?
Davos
Loyal service means telling hard truths.
Stannis
Oh, truth again. All right, what's the truth? The hard truth?
Davos
She's a foreigner preaching her foreign religion. Some believe she whispers orders in your ear and you obey.
Stannis
What do you believe?
Davos
You won those bannermen from Renly. Don't lose them to her.
Stannis
We set out for King's Landing without Lady Melisandre. And you lead the fleet into Blackwater Bay.
Davos
Your Grace, I'm honored, but my time on the sea was spent evading ships, not attacking them. The other lords won't be happy.
Stannis
Most of those lords should consider themselves lucky I don't hang them for treason. Hard truths cut both ways, Ser Davos.
DAVOS exits.
Scene 9

Ext. King's Landing, Street Market

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A girl grabs a fish from a bucket.
Girl
I've got it! I've got it!
Man
So it's that one there at the top, on the right.
Man #2
Buy my fruit, my lord. Fresh fruit.
The lord is revealed to be TYRION, with BRONN walking behind him.
Tyrion
Stannis has more infantry, more ships, more horses. What do we have?
Bronn
There's that mind of yours you keep going on about.
Tyrion
Well, I've never actually been able to kill people with it.
Bronn
Good thing. I'd be out of a job. What about your father?
Tyrion
He hasn't sent a raven in weeks. He's very busy. Being repeatedly humiliated by Robb Stark is time-consuming. We won't be able to hold the city against Stannis, not the way Joffrey's planning on holding it.
They come upon a crowd listening to a rabblerouser.
Protester
Corruption.
Crowd
Yes!
Protester
We are swollen, bloated, foul. Brother fornicates with sister in the bed of kings and we're surprised when the fruit of their incest is rotten? Yes, a rotten king.
Tyrion
It's hard to argue with his assessment.
Bronn
Not after what he did to your birthday present.
Tyrion
The king is a lost cause. It's the rest of us I'm worried about now.
Man
A dancing king, prancing down his bloodstained halls to the tune of a twisted demon monkey.
Tyrion
You have to admire his imagination.
Bronn
He's talking about you.
Tyrion
What? Demon monkey?
Bronn
People think you're pulling the king's strings. They blame you for the city's ills.
Tyrion
Blame me? I'm trying to save them.
Bronn
You don't need to convince me.
Tyrion
Demon monkey.
Scene 10

Ext: Iron Islands, Morning

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LORD THEON GREYJOY walks up a dock dressed in armor. He gazes on a ship and smiles. The crew walks up noisily.
Man
Yeah, come on.
Theon
You're the crew of the Sea Bitch? I'm your commander. Welcome.
The crew ignores THEON.
Theon
Stop. Stop! Your captain commands you to stop!
Black Lorren
Where are we headed, Captain?
Theon
The Stony Shore, to raid their villages. There'll be spoils in it for you, and women, if you do your jobs well.
Black Lorren
And who decides if we've done our jobs well?
Theon
I do. Your captain.
BLACK LORREN stands directly in front of THEON, challenging him.
Black Lorren
I have been reaving and raping since before you left Balon's balls, Captain. Don't reckon I've got much use for your ideas on how to do it. Don't reckon I've got much use for a captain at all. I'm thinking I can do the job of captain real well myself. All I need is a ship. You wouldn't know where I could find myself a ship now, would you?
BLACK LORREN walks away down the steps to the dock.
Theon
You could do that, take the ship, head out on your own. And I will hunt you down, drag you back here in chains and hang you for a traitor.
Black Lorren
(laughs)
LADY YARA GREYJOY enters.
Yara
Stop. We yield.
The Ironborn laugh
Yara
Congratulations on your first command.
Theon
Thank you. Kind of you to come see me off.
Yara
Oh, I'm not here for you. I was just on my way to Red Harbor. I've got thirty ships. There's nowhere to put them here. Too narrow.
Theon
You'd better get out there. Wouldn't want her to set sail without you.
Yara
That would never happen. My crew would wait on deck for a year if I asked them to. This lot, though... Enjoy the Stony Shore.
THEON's crew pushes off from the dock. They row away without him, laughing. DAGMER enters.
Dagmer
Come on, I'll take you out.
Theon
Who are you?
Dagmer
Dagmer, your first mate.
Theon
Why aren't you with the rest of them? Or did they send you to row me out and dump me halfway in the sea? That would be good for a laugh.
Dagmer
They're not gonna respect you until you prove yourself.
Theon
And how am I supposed to prove myself by pillaging piss-poor fishing villages?
Dagmer
You're not.
Theon
And yet that's the task my father has given me to prove that I'm a true Iron Islander.
Dagmer
They're all Iron Islanders. Do they do as they're told or do they do as they like?
THEON follows DAGMER onto a dock, where he attends to a boat.
Theon
The Stony Shore's not far from Torrhen's Square.
Dagmer
The seat of the House of Tallhart, a more impressive prize than a few fishermen's daughters. What, you don't think we could take it?
Theon
No, we could. We could never hold it for more than a few days. As soon as Winterfell got word that we'd taken Torrhen's Square, the Starks would send their men to take it back. And then-
THEON pauses and the idea of how to take advantage of the betrayal comes to full. He laughs, and DAGMER smiles back.
Theon
Take me to my ship.
Scene 11

Int. Harrenhal

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While ARYA prepares food, LORD TYWIN LANNISTER presides over his war council.
Reginald
The Starks have overextended their lines. Now that summer's over, they'll have a hard time keeping their men and horses fed.
Tywin
The Starks understand winter better than we ever will. The cold won't beat them.
Amory
Our spies report growing discontent among the Northern lords. They want to return home and gather the harvest before the crops turn.
Tywin
And I'm sure if those same spies snuck into our own encampments, they would report growing discontent amongst the Southern lords. This is war, no one's content. We've underestimated the Stark boy for too long. He has a good mind for warfare, his men worship him. And as long as he keeps winning battles, they'll keep believing he is King in the North. You've been waiting for him to fail. He is not going to fail, not without our help. So how do we stop him?
Reginald
We've worked through the night, my lord. Perhaps we'd profit from some sleep.
Tywin
Yes, I think you would, Reginald. And because you're my cousin, I might even let you wake from that sleep. Go, I'm sure your wife must miss you.
Reginald
My wife's in Lannisport.
Tywin
Well, then you'd better start riding. Go, before I change my mind and send her your head.
REGINALD LANNISTER rises, in scared disbelief.
Tywin
If your name wasn't Lannister, you'd be scrubbing out pots in the cook's tent. Go!
REGINALD exits. ARYA comes to TYWIN's side to pour him some wine. He stops her.
Tywin
Not wine, water. We'll be here for some time. Girl, where are you from?
Arya
Maidenpool, my lord.
Tywin
And who are the Lords of Maidenpool? Remind me.
Arya
House Mooton, my lord.
Tywin
And what is their sigil?
ARYA does not answer, she does not know.
Tywin
A red salmon. I think a Maidenpool girl would remember that. You're a Northerner, aren't you?
Arya
(nods)
Tywin
Good. One more time, where are you from?
Arya
Barrowton, my lord. House Dustin. Two crossed longaxes beneath a black crown.
Tywin
And what do they say of Robb Stark in the North?
Arya
They call him the Young Wolf.
Tywin
And?
Arya
They say he rides into battle on the back of a giant direwolf. They say he can turn into a wolf himself when he wants. They say he can't be killed.
Tywin
And do you believe them?
Arya
No, my lord. Anyone can be killed.
They stare at one another, unblinking.
Tywin
Fetch that water.
ARYA exits.
Scene 12

Ext. Harrenhal

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Arya walks to fetch water. She turns a corner and sees JAQEN H'GHAR coming towards her, dressed as a gold cloak. She lowers her head, trying to be unnoticed. They pass and she continues. She enters the catacombs and passes a helmet. She realizes that JAQEN has forgotten it, and that he might return. Indeed, JAQEN turns the corner, walking slowly.
Jaqen
A girl says nothing.
Arya
(gasps)
Jaqen
A girl keeps her mouth closed. No one hears, and friends may talk in secret, yes? A boy becomes a girl.
Arya
I was always a girl.
Jaqen
And I was always aware. But the girl keeps secrets. It is not for a man to spoil them.
Arya
You're one of them now. I should have let you burn.
ARYA picks up the helmet and thrusts it into JAQEN's hands.
Jaqen
And you fetch water for one of them now. Why is this right for you and wrong for me?
Arya
I didn't have a choice.
Jaqen
You did. I did. And here we are.
ARYA fills her water pitcher, and steps back as JAQEN approaches her.
Jaqen
A man pays his debts. A man owes three.
Arya
Three what?
Jaqen
The Red God takes what is his, lovely girl. And only death may pay for life. You saved me and the two I was with. You stole three deaths from the Red God. We have to give them back. Speak three names and the man will do the rest. Three lives I will give you, no more, no less, and we're done.
Arya
I can name anyone and you'll kill him?
Jaqen
A man has said.
Arya
The one who tortures everyone.
Jaqen
A man needs a name.
Arya
I don't know his name. They call him the Tickler.
Jaqen
That is enough. Go now, girl. Your master is thirsty.
ARYA exits quickly.
Scene 13

Cut To: The North

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Some men pull a large sled. The Night's Watch marches in single file.
Jeor
He's not here yet. He'd have seen us, blown the horn.
Jon
When will he come?
Jeor
The Halfhand does things in his own time.
Jon
My uncle told me stories about him.
Jeor
Most of them are true.
Jon
I heard the Halfhand spent half of last winter beyond the Wall.
Jeor
The whole winter. He was north of the Skirling Pass when the snows came. Had to wait for the thaw.
Jon
So it is possible for someone to survive out here on their own.
Jeor
Well, possible for the Halfhand.
Sam
Beautiful, isn't it? Gilly would love it here.
Dolorous Edd
(to GRENN) There's nothing more sickening than a man in love.
Scene 14

Ext. a Snowy Cliffside

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One of the Night's Watch stands guard while the other set up camp .
Man
About time you did something. At least you'll keep warm.
Sam
The Fist of the First Men. Think of how old this place is. Before the Targaryens defeated the Andals, before the Andals took Westeros from the First Men.
Dolorous Edd
Before I die, please, stop talking.
Sam
Thousands and thousands of years ago, the First Men stood here where we're standing all through the long night. What do you think they were like, the First Men?
Dolorous Edd
Stupid. Smart people don't find themselves in places like this.
Grenn
(laughs)
Jon
I think they were afraid. I think they came here to get away from something. And I don't think it worked.
A horn sounds, and the men pause from their labor to see what is going on.
Grenn
Wildlings?
Jon
One blast is for rangers returning. Wildlings is two blasts.
Dolorous Edd
So you got to stand there waiting, wondering. One blast for friends, two for foes.
Sam
And three for White Walkers. It's been a thousand years, but that's the only time they blow the horn three times.
Grenn
But if it's been a thousand years, how do you know?
Sam
Well I read it in a book.
Dolorous Edd
I read it in a book.
DOLOROUS EDD and GRENN start to walk off
Jon
Look. It's Qhorin Halfhand.
DOLOROUS EDD Aye, we'll live another day. Hurrah.
DOLOROUS EDD leaves.
Scene 15

Int: King's Landing, Cellar

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TYRION holds a pot of wildfire.
Haylene
Take care, my lord.
Tyrion
I remember reading an old sailors' proverb, "Piss on wildfire and your cock burns off. "
Haylene
Oh, I have not conducted this experiment. It could well be true. The substance burns so hot, it melts wood, stone, even steel, and, of course, flesh. The substance burns so hot, it melts flesh like tallow.
TYRION hands the pot to HAYLENE, happy to give over the foul alchemy.
Haylene
After the dragons died, wildfire was the key to the Targaryen power.
Bronn
(scoffs)
Tyrion
My companion takes issue.
Bronn
If I could tell you how many crazy old men I've seen pushing carts around army camps making grand claims about jars full of pig shit. No offense meant.
Haylene
Our order does not deal in pig shit. The substance is fire given form. And we have been perfecting it since the days of Maegor.
Bronn
To do what?
Haylene
The jars are put in catapults and flung at the enemy.
Tyrion
How much do you have?
HAYLENE starts to lead the others through a door and darker catacombs. TYRION and BRONN follow.
Bronn
If you could get real soldiers to man the catapults, then maybe you'd hit your target one time in ten, but all the real soldiers are in the Riverlands with your father.
Haylene
My lord, this man is insulting.
Bronn
I don't know if you've ever seen a battle, old man, but things can get a bit messy. 'Cause when we're flinging things at Stannis, he's flinging them right back at us. Men die, men shit themselves, men run, which means pots falling, which means fire inside the walls, which means the poor cunts trying to defend the city end up burning it down.
Tyrion
My friend remains unconvinced.
Haylene
He would not dare insult my order whilst Aerys Targaryen lived.
Bronn
Well, he's not living anymore. And all his pots of wildfire didn't help him, did they? Men win wars, not magic tricks.
HAYLENE forces open an ancient door. They enter a storeroom. TYRION is amazed at how much wildfire they have produced.
Haylene
We have been working tirelessly, day and night, ever since your royal sister commanded us to do so. Our present count stands at 7,811. Enough to burn Stannis Baratheon's fleet and armies both.
Bronn
This is a shit idea.
Tyrion
I'm afraid I have to concur with my advisor, Wisdom Haylene. The contents of this room could lay King's Landing low. You won't be making wildfire for my sister any longer. You'll be making it for me.
Scene 16

Ext: Qarth

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DAENERYS TARGARYEN and DOREAH are on a balcony with DROGON.
Daenerys
Dracarys. Dracarys.
The dragon spits forth a small flame which cooks the raw meat before him. The women laugh and applaud. He eats
Daenerys
He'll be able to feed himself from now on.
DOREAH reaches for DROGON.
Daenerys
Let him sleep, Doreah.
Doreah
Yes, Khaleesi.
DROGON climbs on DOREAH's hand.
Daenerys
(amused) He loves you.
Irri
(Dothraki) I rewove this part of the top. And I fixed the heel on this one.
Daenerys
Thank you, my friend.
Doreah
Did you see the dress Xaro had made for you? They say he's the wealthiest man in Qarth.
Irri
It is known.
Doreah
And if Qarth is the wealthiest city in Essos-
Daenerys
The last time a rich man gave me a dress, he was selling me to Khal Drogo.
Irri
(Dothraki) May he ride forever through the night lands.
Daenerys
Xaro is our host, but we know nothing about him. Men like to talk about other men when they're happy.
Doreah
(chuckles) You would look like a real princess in Xaro's-
Irri
She's not a princess. She's a Khaleesi. You should wear it, Khaleesi.
All three are quiet in the awkward moment.
Irri
You are their guest. It would be rude not to.
IRRI exits.
Scene 17

Ext. Qarth, Garden Party

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DAENERYS mingles during an elegant garden party.
Woman
And you must visit the night market. The Qartheen night market is like no night market you've ever seen.
Daenerys
It sounds wonderful.
Woman
The Meereenis think they have a night market. I will take you there myself.
Daenerys
Please excuse me for a moment.
DAENERYS joins SER JORAH MORMONT, who is speaking with two Dothraki.
Jorah
(speaks Dothraki)
Daenerys
What are they doing?
Jorah
Malakko says the statue is too heavy to carry. Kovarro says that Malakko is an idiot. They can pry out the gems, the rest is pure gold. Very soft. He can chop off as much as we can carry.
Kovarro
(Dothraki) Or melt it. Very simple.
Daenerys
(Dothraki) We are his guests! You can't pry it or chop it or melt it.
Kovarro
(Dothraki) Of course not, Khaleesi! We will wait until we leave.
Daenerys
(Dothraki) Not even when we leave.
Kovarro
(Dothraki) Why not?
Daenerys
(Dothraki) Our host saved us from the Red Waste and you want to steal from him? I will hear no more.
KOVARRO and MALAKKO exit. KOVARRO steals a goblet along the way.
Daenerys
My brother used to say the only thing the Dothraki knew how to do was steal things better men have built.
Jorah
It's not the only thing. They're quite good at killing the better men.
Daenerys
That's not the kind of queen I'm going to be.
PYATT PREE approaches them and bows.
Pyatt Pree
Mother of Dragons. On behalf of the warlocks of Qarth, I welcome you. A demonstration?
PYATT PREE offers his hand and DAENERYS takes it. He places a gem in her palm.
Pyatt Pree
Take this gem. Look at it. Into its depths. So many facets. Look closely enough and you can see yourself in them. Often more than once.
PYATT PREE looks over his shoulder to his own doppelganger, who stands motionless. The crowd gasps.
Pyatt Pree
Should you grow tired of Xaro's baubles and trinkets, it would be an honor to host you at the House of the Undying. You are always welcome, Mother of Dragons.
PYATT PREE and his twin both leave. The crowd applauds at the illusion. XARO comes to DAENERYS's side from the crowd.
Xaro
My apologies. Pyatt Pree is one of the Thirteen. It was customary for me to extend him an invitation. Customs die slow deaths in Qarth.
Daenerys
What is the House of the Undying?
Xaro
It is where the warlocks go to squint at dusty books and drink shade of the evening. It turns their lips blue and their minds soft. So soft, they actually believe their parlor tricks are magic.
XARO leads DAENERYS away, leaving JORAH behind. QUAITHE, a masked woman, talks to JORAH.
Quaithe
You watch over her.
Jorah
Do I know you?
Quaithe
I know you. Jorah Mormont of Bear Island.
Jorah
Who are you?
Quaithe
I'm no one. But she is the Mother of Dragons. She needs true protectors, now more than ever. They shall come day and night to see the wonder born into the world again. And when they see, they shall lust, for dragons are fire made flesh. And fire is power.
QUAITHE leaves.
Scene 18

Cut To: Stormlands, Woods

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BRIENNE and CATELYN stand next to a stream, having stopped to water their horses.
Brienne
It looked like Stannis.
Catelyn
To me it just looked like... A shadow in the shape of a man.
Brienne
In the shape of Stannis.
CATELYN is unsure.
Catelyn
We should reach my son's camp tomorrow.
Brienne
Will you stay there long, my lady?
Catelyn
Only long enough to tell Robb what I have seen. After that, I will leave for Winterfell. My two youngest need me. I've been away from them for far too long.
Brienne
I never knew my mother.
Catelyn
I'm sorry.
CATELYN walks to the fire and sits. BRIENNE follows.
Catelyn
My own mother died on the birthing bed when I was very young.
Brienne
It's a bloody business.
Catelyn
What comes after is even harder.
Brienne
Once you're safely back amongst your own people, will you give me leave to go, my lady?
Catelyn
You mean to kill Stannis.
Brienne
I swore a vow.
Catelyn
But Stannis has a great army around him. His own guards are sworn to keep him safe.
Catelyn
I'm as good as any of them. I should never have fled.
Catelyn
Renly's death was no fault of yours. You served him bravely.
Brienne
I only held him that once as he was dying.
CATELYN stands and faces BRIENNE.
Catelyn
He's gone, Brienne. You serve nothing and no one by following him into the earth. Renly's enemies are Robb's enemies as well.
Brienne
I do not know your son, my lady. But I could serve you, if you would have me. You have courage. Not battle courage, perhaps, but, I don't know, a woman's kind of courage. And I think that when the time comes, you will not hold me back. Promise me that you will not hold me back from Stannis.
Catelyn
When the time comes, I will not hold you back.
BRIENNE draws her sword and kneels to pledge her loyalty.
Brienne
Then I am yours, my lady. I will shield your back and give my life for yours, if it comes to that. I swear it by the Old Gods and the new.
Catelyn
I vow that you shall always have a place in my home and at my table and that I shall ask no service of you that might bring you dishonor. I swear it by the Old Gods and the new.
Scene 19

Int. Winterfell, Great Hall

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RICKON STARK cracks nuts while LORD BRAN STARK receives visitors. MAESTER LUWIN sits at his side.
Winterfell Shepherd
And it's not just thieves, my lord. There's wolves in them hills now, more than I ever seen. They come down in the night and they kill my sheep. My three sons is away fighting for your brother, my lord. They'll fight, keep fighting till they're told to go home. I have no one to man my flock now. Only me. I can't keep watch all day and all night.
Bran
We can send two orphan boys from Winterstown home with you to help watch over your flock if you can give them room and board.
Winterfell Shepherd
My wife always prayed for more children. We'll look after them. Thank you, my lord. And may the gods bless you and yours.
The WINTERFELL SHEPHERD leaves.
Bran
(to RICKON) Stop it. If that's everyone, I'm going to go for a ride before dark.
Luwin
Good.
Bran
Hodor.
Hodor
Hodor.
SER RODRIK CASSEL enters.
Rodrik
Bran! Lord Stark. Torrhen's Square is under siege.
Luwin
Torrhen's Square is barely forty leagues from here. How can the Lannisters strike so far north?
Rodrik
Might be a raiding party led by the Mountain. Might be sellswords paid by Tywin Lannister.
Bran
We have to help them.
Rodrik
Most of the fighting men are away with Robb, but I can gather two hundred decent men.
Luwin
Do you need so many?
Bran
If we can't protect our own bannermen, why should they protect us? Go, Ser Rodrik. Take the men you need.
Rodrik
Won't take long, my lord. Southerners don't do well up here.
RODRIK exits with his entourage.
Scene 20

Ext: Winterfell Courtyard

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HODOR carries BRAN through the courtyard. OSHA walks beside him.
Bran
So, what does it mean?
Osha
Ask your Maester Luwin. He's the one studying books all the time.
Bran
I did ask him. He'd never heard of a three-eyed raven.
Osha
Must not mean anything, then.
Bran
You're lying.
Osha
You might be a little lord, but don't you call me a liar.
Bran
You know what it means.
Osha
I never said I didn't.
Bran
You didn't give me an honest answer.
Osha
That's not the same as being a liar.
Bran
Well, it's not far off.
Osha
So, you've been dreaming of a three-eyed raven again? In the godswood, you told me you didn't dream. Now who's a liar? What did you see in your dream?
BRAN doesn't answer.
Osha
Something bad? Tell me, boy.
Bran
I dreamt that the sea came to Winterfell. I saw waves crashing against the gates and the water came flowing over the walls. It flooded the castle. Drowned men were floating here, in the yard. Ser Rodrik was one of them.
Osha
The sea is hundreds of miles away.
Bran
I know. It's just a stupid dream.
Osha
I've got to get these potatoes to the kitchen. Otherwise they'll put me in chains again.
Bran
Osha. The three-eyed raven, what do they say about it north of the Wall?
Osha
They say all sorts of crazy things north of the Wall.
OSHA exits.
Scene 21

Cut To: North of the Wall

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A winter storm howls as the Knight's Watchmen persevere.
Qhorin
There.
Jeor
Where?
Qhorin
On that mountain.
Sam
I don't see very well.
Jon
A fire.
Qhorin
There's a fire. The people sitting around it have better eyes than yours or mine. When they see us coming, that fire becomes a signal. Gives Mance Rayder plenty of time to throw a party in our honor.
Jeor
How many wildlings have joined him?
Qhorin
From what we can tell, all of them. Mance has gathered them all like deer against the wolves. They're almost ready to make their move.
Jon
Where?
Qhorin
Somewhere safe. Somewhere south. Can't just march into their midst. And we can't wait for them here with nothing but a pile of stones to protect us.
Jeor
You saying we should fall back to the Wall?
Qhorin
Mance was one of us once. Now he's one of them. He's going to teach them our way of doing things. They'll hit us in force and they won't run away when we hit back. They're gonna be more organized than before, more disciplined, more like us. So we need to be more like them, do things their way. Sneak in, kill Mance, and scatter them to the winds before they can march on the Wall. And to do that
Jeor
We need to get rid of those lookouts.
Qhorin
It's not a job for 400 men. I need to move fast and silent. Harker, Stonesnake, Borba.
Jon
Lord Commander, I'd like to join Lord Qhorin.
Qhorin
I've been called lots of things, but that might be my first Lord Qhorin. You're a steward, Snow, not a ranger.
Jon
I've fought and killed a wight. How many rangers can say that?
Qhorin
He's the one?
Jeor
Aye. You killed a wight. You also let an old man beat you bloody and take your sword.
Qhorin
Craster? In the boy's defense, that's a tough old goat.
Sam
I could take up Jon's duties while he's gone, my lord. It would be no trouble.
Jeor
Well, I hope you make a better ranger than you do a steward. Go on.
Scene 22

Ext. Qarth, Garden

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The garden party has continued into the night.
Xaro
So, tell me, how long has your manservant been in love with you?
Daenerys
He's not my manservant and he's not in love with me. He's my advisor and he's my friend.
Xaro
Unlikely. I can almost always tell what a man wants.
Daenerys
And what about what a woman wants?
Xaro
Much more complicated. You, for example, what do you want?
Daenerys
To cross the Narrow Sea and take back the Iron Throne.
Xaro
Why?
Daenerys
Because I promised my khalasar I'd protect them and find them a safe home.
Xaro
You want to conquer the Seven Kingdoms for the Dothraki?
Daenerys
I want them because they're mine by right. The Iron Throne is mine and I will take it.
Xaro
Ah, a conqueror.
Daenerys
And how did you get all of this? Did someone give it to you?
Xaro
No. I come from nothing. I hit the docks like a piece of cargo, except someone normally cares what happens to cargo.
Daenerys
So you wanted more than you had and you took it. You're a conqueror, too. You're just less ambitious.
Xaro
(chuckles)
Daenerys
What do you want, Xaro Xhoan Daxos? At the gates of the city, you bled for me. Why?
Xaro
I will show you why.
He leads her away.
Scene 23

Int. Xaro's Vault.

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XARO strikes the door of the vault with a sword.
Xaro
The door and the vault is made of Valyrian stone. The hardest steel does not make a mark. I offered the greatest locksmiths in Qarth their weight in gold if they could break into it. I made the same offer to the greatest thieves. They all went home empty-handed. The only thing that can open this door is this key.
Daenerys
And behind the door?
Xaro
(chuckles)
Daenerys
And it can all be mine?
Xaro
All? Let us say half. More than enough to buy horses, ships, armies. Enough to go home.
Daenerys
All I have to do?
Xaro
Is marry me.
Daenerys
That was a romantic proposal.
Xaro
I've already married once for love, but the gods stole her from me. I come from nothing. My mother and father never owned a pair of shoes. But marry me, and I will give you the Seven Kingdoms and our children will be princes and princesses.
DAENERYS thinks about his proposition.
Xaro
See? I have more ambition than you thought. The time is right, Daenerys Targaryen, First of Your Name. Robert Baratheon is dead.
Scene 24

Int. Qarth, Daenerys's Chambers

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Jorah
If you cross the sea with an army you bought and a foreign husband who paid for it...
Daenerys
The Seven Kingdoms are at war with one another. Four false kings destroying the country.
Jorah
To win Westeros, you need support from Westeros.
Daenerys
The usurper is dead.
Jorah
(laughs)
Daenerys
The Starks fight the Lannisters, and Baratheons fight each other.
Jorah
According to your new friend who earned your trust by cutting his hand?
Daenerys
The time to strike is now. We need to find ships and an army or we'll spend the rest of our lives rotting away at the edge of the world.
Jorah
Rich men do not become rich by giving more than they get. They'll give you ships and soldiers and they'll own you forever. Moving carefully is the hard way, but it's the right way.
Daenerys
And if I'd listened to that advice outside the gates of Qarth, we'd all be dead by now.
Jorah
I know the opportunity before you seems like the last you'll ever have, but you musT-
Daenerys
Do not speak to me like I'm a child.
Jorah
I only want-
Daenerys
What do you want? Tell me.
Jorah
To see you on the Iron Throne.
Daenerys
Why?
Jorah
You have a good claim. A title. A birthright. But you have something more than that. You may cover it up and deny it, but you have a gentle heart. You would not only be respected and feared, you would be loved. Someone who can rule and should rule. Centuries come and go without a person like that coming into the world. There are times when I look at you and I still can't believe you're real.
Daenerys
So what would you have me do, as my advisor?
Jorah
Make your own way. Find your own ship. You only need one. The allies we need are in Westeros, not Qarth.
Daenerys
And how do I get the ship?
Jorah
I'll find it for you. A sound ship with a good captain.
Daenerys
I look forward to meeting him.
Jorah
Khaleesi.
JORAH bows and exits.
Scene 25

Ext. Harrenhal

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GENDRY fires a sword and cools it in a bucket of water, while ARYA sits, bored.
Arya
You should stand sideface.
Gendry
Sideface?
Arya
Sideways.
Gendry
Why?
Arya
Smaller target.
Gendry
Am I fighting someone?
Arya
You're practicing for a fight. You should practice right.
A loud thud is heard, and a woman screams off camera. ARYA rushes over to gold cloaks who surround a prone body.
Gold Cloak
Guards! Did you see anything? Go up there. Go and see where he fell from.
ARYA looks down upon the twisted body of THETICKLER. She looks up.
Gold Cloak
Go up the battlement.
Woman
That is strange.
ARYA spies JAQEN standing in the battlement above. He touches a finger beneath his eye. ARYA understands the gesture.
Gold Cloak
Move away. Stand back. He's dead.